Laura Shepard Churchley's New Shepard 19 and Mercury-Redstone 3 lifted off with her father, Alan Shepard, on May 5, 1961. The image is from NASA/Blue Origin.
Laura Shepard Churchley is the 372nd American to fly into space. Her dad was the first person.
Churchley followed in her father's footsteps by launching on board Blue Origin's New Shepard on Saturday.
The rocket was named after Alan Shepard, the first American to fly into space and Churchley's dad.
Blue Origin launched Michael Strahan to space.
Churchley was able to repeat her father's feat with only a few days of training, which shows how far human spaceflight has come in the past six decades. Jeff Bezos, the former CEO of Amazon, founded Blue Origin.
Laura Shepard Churchley wore a flight suit. Alan Shepard wore a pressure suit. The image is from Blue Origin/NASA.
This was wonderful. Churchley told Bezos that he knew what was coming after landing in the capsule. I thought about my dad when I was getting to enjoy what I am getting. He had to do it on his own. I went for the ride.
Here is a comparison of how Shepard's Mercury-Redstone 3 and Churchley's New Shepard-19 flights compare.
A launch comparison.
Mercury-Redstone 3.
New Shepard 19
A vehicle operator.
NASA.
The blue origin.
The name is capsule.
Freedom 7.
RSS is the first step.
The launch site.
The launch complex is in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Blue Origin is located in Van Horn, Texas.
Shepard is on a crew.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
Laura Shepard Churchley is a person.
The age.
37
74
No in space.
2
605
People in the crew.
0
The Original Six are Michael Strahan, Dylan Taylor, Evan Dick, Lane Bess, and Cameron Bess.
The scrubs should be launched.
2 days of weather.
weather, 2 days
The launch date is.
May 5, 1961.
Dec. 11, 2021.
Unplanned holds on launch day.
2 hours and 14 minutes.
16 minutes.
The time for launch.
9:39 a.m. The time is 1434 GMT.
9:00:42 a.m. The time is 1500 GMT.
A capsule landing.
9:49:35 a.m. The time is 1449 GMT.
9:05:55 a.m. The time is 1510 GMT.
No parachutes.
1 drogue and 1 main.
There are 3 drogues and 3 mains.
There is a type of landing.
There is water in the picture.
Touch down.
The capsule flight duration is short.
15 minutes, 28 seconds.
10 minutes, 13 seconds.
The capsule is apogee.
101.2 nautical miles or 187.5 statute miles.
57.2 nautical miles are defined as statute miles.
The capsule range.
The distance is 302.8 statute miles or 487.3 km.
Not immediately reported.
The vehicle's height is thecapsule/booster.
83 feet is 25 meters.
49 feet is 15 meters.
The vehicle's diameter.
5.8 feet is 1.7 meters.
There is a distance of over 12 feet (3 meters)
The capsule volume is habitable.
100 square feet is equivalent to about 8 square meters.
530 feet is 15 feet.
There are capsule windows.
There are two 6-inch circular portholes.
6 are 42.7 inches in height and 28.6 inches across at the bottom.
There are total flights.
1 / 1
5 / 5
collectSPACE is thankful for the coverage of the New Shepard-19 mission that was sponsored by RR Auction. The first seat on Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle was sold by the auction house in New Hampshire, where Alan Shepard lived.
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